Establishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them

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Amr ibn Uthman ibn Said ibn Kathir ibn Dinar al-Himsi narrated to us: Baqiyyah ibn al-Walid narrated to us: Yunus ibn Yazid al-Ayli narrated to us, from al-Zuhri, from Salim, from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever catches one rakah of the Friday prayer or any other prayer has caught the prayer.”

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Said ibn Abi Maryam narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Umar, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar, who said: The people of Quba used to attend Friday prayer with the Messenger of Allah.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Idris, Yazid ibn Harun, and Muhammad ibn Bishr narrated to us; they said: Muhammad ibn Amr narrated to us: Ubaydah ibn Sufyan al-Hadrami narrated to me, from Abu al-Jaad al-Damri—who was a Companion—who said: The Prophet said: “Whoever neglects Friday prayer three times will have his heart sealed.”

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Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna narrated to us: Abu Amir narrated to us: Zuhayr narrated to us, from Asid ibn Abi Asid. And Ahmad ibn Isa al-Misri narrated to us: Abdullah ibn Wahb narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Dhib, from Asid ibn Abi Asid, from Abdullah ibn Abi Qatadah, from Jabir ibn Abdullah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “Whoever abandons Friday prayer three times without necessity, Allah will seal his heart.”

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Muhammad ibn Bashshar narrated to us: Madi ibn Sulayman narrated to us: Ibn Ajlan narrated to us, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “Could one of you keep a flock of sheep a mile or two away, then find grazing difficult and move farther off? Friday comes, but he does not come or attend it. Another Friday comes, and he does not attend. Then another Friday comes, and he does not attend, until his heart is sealed.”

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Nasr ibn Ali al-Jahdami narrated to us: Nuh ibn Qays narrated to us, from his brother, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from Samurah ibn Jundub, from the Prophet, who said: “Whoever deliberately abandons Friday prayer should give one dinar in charity. If he cannot find that, then half a dinar.”

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Yazid ibn Abd Rabbih narrated to us: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Mubashshir ibn Ubayd, from Hajjaj ibn Artah, from Atiyyah al-Awfi, from Ibn Abbas, who said: The Prophet used to pray four rakahs before Friday prayer, without separating them by a break.

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Muhammad ibn Rumh informed us: Al-Layth ibn Sad informed us, from Nafi, from Abdullah ibn Umar: After praying Friday prayer, he would leave and pray two rakahs at home. Then he said: The Messenger of Allah used to do that.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan informed us, from Amr, from Ibn Shihab, from Salim, from his father: The Prophet used to pray two rakahs after Friday prayer.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah and Abu al-Saib, Salm ibn Junadah, narrated to us; they said: Abdullah ibn Idris narrated to us, from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “When you pray after Friday prayer, pray four rakahs.”

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Abu Kurayb narrated to us: Hatim ibn Ismail narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn Rumh informed us: Ibn Lahiiah narrated to us. Both narrated from Ibn Ajlan, from Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather: The Messenger of Allah forbade forming circles in the mosque on Friday before the prayer.

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Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa al-Himsi narrated to us: Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Abdullah ibn Waqid, from Muhammad ibn Ajlan, from Amr ibn Shuaib, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: The Messenger of Allah forbade ihtiba on Friday while the imam is delivering the sermon.

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Yusuf ibn Musa al-Qattan narrated to us: Jarir narrated to us. And Abdullah ibn Said narrated to us: Abu Khalid al-Ahmar narrated to us. Both narrated from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, from al-Zuhri, from al-Saib ibn Yazid, who said: The Messenger of Allah had only one muezzin. When he came out, the call to prayer was given; when he descended, the iqamah was given. Abu Bakr and Umar did the same. When Uthman came and the people had increased in number, he added a third call from a house in the market called al-Zawra. When he came out, the call to prayer was given; when he descended, the iqamah was given.

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Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: Al-Haytham ibn Jamil narrated to us: Ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, from Aban ibn Taghlib, from Adi ibn Thabit, from his father, who said: When the Prophet stood on the pulpit, his Companions would face him.

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Muhammad ibn al-Sabbah informed us: Sufyan ibn Uyaynah informed us, from Ayyub, from Muhammad ibn Sirin, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah said: “On Friday there is an hour that a Muslim man will not coincide with while standing in prayer and asking Allah for some good, without Allah granting it to him.” He indicated with his hand that it is brief.

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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us: Khalid ibn Makhlad narrated to us: Kathir ibn Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Awf al-Muzani narrated to us, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah say: “During the daytime on Friday there is an hour in which a servant who asks Allah for anything will be granted what he asks.” They asked, Which hour? He said: “From when the prayer is established until it is finished.”

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Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim al-Dimashqi narrated to us: Ibn Abi Fudayk narrated to us, from al-Dahhak ibn Uthman, from Abu al-Nadr, from Abu Salamah, from Abdullah ibn Salam, who said: While the Messenger of Allah was seated, I said: We find in the Book of Allah that on Friday there is an hour which a believing servant who is praying will encounter; if he asks Allah for something then, He will fulfill his need. The Messenger of Allah gestured to me: “Or a portion of an hour.” I said: You are right, or a portion of an hour. I asked: Which hour is it? He said: “The last hour of the day.” I said: That is not a time of prayer. He said: “Indeed, when a believing servant prays and then sits, with nothing keeping him there except the prayer, he is still in prayer.”

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Ishaq bin Sulaiman Ar-Razi narrated to us, from Mughirah bin Ziyad, from Ata, from Aishah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever regularly performs twelve rakahs of the Sunnah, a house will be built for him in Paradise: four before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two after Maghrib, two after Isha, and two before Fajr.

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Yazid bin Harun narrated to us; Ismail bin Abu Khalid informed us, from Al-Musayyab bin Rafi, from Anbasah bin Abu Sufyan, from Umm Habibah bint Abu Sufyan, from the Prophet (ﷺ), who said: Whoever performs twelve rakahs in a day and night, a house will be built for him in Paradise.

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Abu Bakr bin Abu Shaibah narrated to us: Muhammad bin Sulaiman bin Al-Asbahani narrated to us, from Suhail, from his father, from Abu Hurairah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Whoever performs twelve rakahs in a day, a house will be built for him in Paradise: two rakahs before Fajr, two before Zuhr, two after Zuhr, two—I think he said—before Asr, two after Maghrib—I think he said—and two after the later Isha.